500 Songs For Kids: April 30th, 2009

It's now the 3rd year of 500 SONGS FOR KIDS - and it's starting tonight!!
Buy your tickets HERE!

The Constellations
The Howlies
South 70
Amy Gerhartz
Angela Lavine
Besides Daniel
Billy Gewin
Bouldercrest Singing Group
Bruce Butkovich
Cassavetes
Chilton And Texbuksex
Dain Harris
Davin Mccoy
East Ponce Soul Faction
Eren Cannata
Ethan And The Ewox
Euni Rivera
Extreme Pain
Flee
Franklin Pond
Chamber Music
Gift Horse
Hard Rain
Jessica Cayne
Jessie Bock & Livin' Easy
Jordan Humphrey
Julie Gribble
Lil' Dude
Lindsay Rae Spurlock
Madam Cj
Morningside
Mudcat
New Radio Ramblers
Marc Lawson
Paul Melancon
Playground Rivals
Quench
Rick Brantley
Seed And Feed
Marching Abominable
Senorita Awesome
Sindhu Chandra Giedd
Soft Ladies
Somarosa
Stereotype
Sundown
Terry Flynn
Tez Mcclain
The Cabaret Murder
The Return
The Seraphix
The Swear


For a list of the songs being performed - please go to: Songs For Kids Foundation

See you guys there!!

APRIL PICKS!

So it's time for another edition of the Blogette's favorite shows:

PAPA MALI
Thursday April 2nd, 2009
Doors @ 8pm - $12 adv
Myspace & Get Your Tickets HERE!

These funky dudes are ready to inject some soul into your world!

THE LAST WALTZ ENSEMBLE
Friday April 3rd, 2009
Doors @ 8pm - $20 adv
Myspace & Get Your Tickets HERE!

So you like Bob Dylan? Try this unbelievable rendition of The Last Waltz's greatest tracks!

IVAN NEVILLE'S DUMPSTAPHUNK
Johnny Sketch & The Dirty Notes
Saturday April 4th, 2009
Doors @ 8pm - $15 adv
Myspace & Get Your Tickets HERE!

"Dumpstaphunk is the best funk band from New Orleans right now." The New
York Times

JIMMIE'S CHICKEN SHACK
The Apostles
Tuesday April 7th, 2009
Doors @ 8pm - $15 adv
Myspace & Get Your Tickets HERE!

Jimmie's Chicken Shack is an American alternative rock band from Annapolis, Maryland. They emerged through MTV as one of the first Post-Grunge bands of the era.

ERIC SARDINAS
Charlie Sheets
Wednesday April 8th, 2009
Doors @ 8pm - $12 adv
Myspace & Get Your Tickets HERE!

Picking up the guitar at the age of six, Sardinas reaped a heavin' helpin' of inspiration from a melting pot of influences numbering R&B, gospel, rock and roll and most tellingly, his profound love of traditional blues forms.

APRIL SHOWERS & FRIENDS
Nanyana
Thursday April 9th, 2009
Doors @ 8pm - $10 adv
Myspace & Get Your Tickets HERE!

APRIL SHOWERS used to teach the mechanics of singing and everything musical, and now she’s stretching her vocal wings and gracing Smith’s Olde Bar and the rest of Atlanta with her soulful, velvet voice. With songs ranging from soothing, melodic ballads to heart racing, beat bumping dance club hits, she’s ready to get the party started.

MAMA'S LOVE
Free Lunch
The Hypsys
Friday April 10th, 2009
Doors @ 8pm - $8 adv
Myspace & Get Your Tickets HERE!

From its hometown of Athens, Ga, Mama's Love is radiating its sound throughout the Southeast. Driven by the roots of rock, funk, and soul, Mama's Love combines talent and chemisty to fuel musical compositions and improvisations that seek a new level of transcendence.

CD Release & 300th Show Anniversary Party!
THE HOT RODS
The Pretty Things Peep Show
The Creeping Cruds
The Downtown Executives
Saturday April 11th, 2009
Doors @ 9pm - $10 adv
Myspace & Buy Your Tickets HERE!

Rockabilly at it’s finest – THE HOT RODS are celebrating the release of their new self-titled album “The Hot Rods” and their 300th show! These rockabilly boys from ATL are bringin’ along some friends to join in on the party!

CD Release
ELLI PERRY
Blair Crimmins & The Hookers
Thursday April 16th, 2009
Doors @ 8pm - $8 adv
Myspace & Buy Your Tickets HERE!

She hails from Atlanta Georgia, though she's been known to wander quite a bit with a suitcase under her arm or in the back of her car. She is well suited to uncomfortable places and situations. She writes frequently in bars and parks and airplanes and hotel rooms.

Whynatte Presents: Night Of The Living Funk
PAPA GROWS FUNK
GURUFISH
Dishwater Blonde
Friday April 17th, 2009
Doors @ 8pm - $10 adv
Papa Grows Funk's Myspace, Gurufish's Myspace, & Buy Your Tickets HERE!

Influenced by The Meters, Dr. John and The Neville Brothers, Papa Grows Funk parcels it out New Orleans-style, paying homage to the tradition through Gros' sparse but rhythmic style offset by Yamagishi's blazing guitar. One is treated to a booty shaking set of Mardi Gras funk, original material, improvised jams and fresh interpretations of New Orleans classics. These five musicians seamlessly shift gears while never losing the essential groove.Mesmerizing audiences everywhere with their own provocative blend of pop, funk and soul, Gurufish excels at weaving irresistible melodies around hypnotic, funky grooves to give birth to songs that are hooky, sexy and sophisticated.

COLLECTIVE EFFORTS
Noot d' Noot
Saturday April 18th, 2009
Doors @ 8pm - $10 adv
Myspace & Get Your Tickets HERE!

Merging the skills of MCs Ben Hameen, J-Mil and Bambu de Asiatic, and held together by the edgy, organic turntablism of DJ Creashun, Collective Efforts' positive, powerful message sets them apart from the majority of hip-hop currently coming out of the south, and appeals to fans of both “mainstream” pop, rap, and R&B fans as well as aficionados of underground, conscious hip-hop.

CADILLAC SKY
Act Of Congress
Tuesday April 21st, 2009
Doors @ 8pm - $12 adv
Myspace & Buy Your Tickets HERE!

"This quintet offers a mountain of musical riches: close harmony singing, propulsive melodies with innovative tempo changes, hot banjo picking from Matt Menefee and intriguing original material from the pen of the group's lead singer and mandolin player, Bryan Simpson.” -Chicago Sun-Times

A Special Early Show!
WILLIAM FITZSIMMONS
Rosi Golan
Wednesday April 22nd, 2009
Doors @ 6pm - $12 adv

Myspace & Buy Your Tickets HERE!

William Fitzsimmons is one of the oddest people you will ever meet. Born the youngest child of two blind parents, William was raised in the outskirts of the steel city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Due to the family's inability to communicate through normal visual means, William's childhood home was filled with a myriad of sounds to replace what eyes could not see. The house was suffused with pianos, guitars, trombones, talking birds, classical records, family sing-a-longs, bedtime stories, and the bellowing of a pipe organ, which his father built into the house with his own hands. When his father's orchestral records were not resonating through the walls, his mother would educate him on the folk stylings of James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, and Simon & Garfunkel.

JOSH KELLEY & RYAN CABRERA
With Special Guest Tim Brantley
Brandon Whyde
Wednesday April 22nd, 2009
Doors @ 9pm - $20 adv
Josh Kelley's Myspace, Ryan Cabrera's Myspace & Buy Your Tickets HERE!

It's not everyday when you get to witness two singers perform together, without their egos colliding. Here at Smith's Olde Bar's stage - JOSH KELLEY and RYAN CABRERA are sharing to stage. On April 22nd, these men are going to play in each other's band, performing both Josh's and Ryan's songs. It's a new twist on their favorite songs.

2 CD Releases
SCOTT MILLER & THE COMMONWEALTH
Dodd Ferrelle
Thursday April 23rd, 2009
Doors @ 8pm - $12 adv
Myspace & Buy Your Tickets HERE!

Scott Miller blends folk and rock like there ain’t no words for. The power of storytelling with the power of a compressed electric guitar comes through this Virginian not heard since the likes of Wayne Newton (fellow Virginian) or The Statler Brothers (also of the Commonwealth.)

LORD T & ELOISE

Yelawolf

The Greater Vavoom
Friday April 24th, 2009

Doors @ 8pm - $10 adv
Myspace & Buy Your Tickets HERE!

Long ago, the world's wealthiest family bore twin poets into the world, Lord T & Eloise. Schooled in the art of the arts and in the economics of business, these two young gentlemen would one day be called upon to save rap music.

THE NEW MASTERSOUNDS

DJ LOGIC

Moon Taxi

Saturday April 25th, 2009

Doors @ 8pm - $15 adv

The New Mastersounds' Myspace, DJ Logic's Myspace, & Buy Your Tickets HERE!

The New Mastersounds are a four-piece band based in Leeds, England, whose modern take on vintage soul-jazz, funk and rock draws influences from Jimmies McGriff, Smith, and Hendrix, as well as their most closely-associated mentors, The Meters. Try to imagine Grant Green and Lou Donaldson having a fight in a Hammond Organ shop while James Brown holds the coats, and you have some idea of what to expect from this band. Since his emergence in the early nineties amidst the Bronx hip-hop scene, the New York City based deejay has been amassing a veritable mountain of collaborations ranging from the likes of: Medeski Martin and Wood, Christian McBride, Vernon Reid, Charlie Hunter, Jack DeJohnette, John Mayer, Ben Harper, Mos Def and The Roots, to name but a few.

CD Release!

TIM REYNOLDS & TR3

Shaun Hopper

Tuesday April 28th, 2009
Doors @ 9pm - $15 adv (discount with DMB ticket stub)

Myspace & Buy Your Tickets HERE!

Tim Reynolds has been playing music all of his life. Starting as a bass player in a gospel band in his hometown of St. Louis to his break through band in the 80’s, TR3 and forward to recording with & touring with DMB and the Dave Matthews/Tim Reynolds Acoustic Duo.

THE FELICE BROTHERS

Willy Mason
Wednesday April 29th, 2009

Doors @ 8pm - $12 adv

Myspace & Buy Your Tickets HERE!

YAY! They're BACK!!!

500 SONGS FOR KIDS!!

Thursday April 30th, 2009 - Saturday May 9th, 2009
Website

The 3rd annual 500 SONGS FOR KIDS - and the theme? Most Passionate Songs of All Time! It's gonna be 10 nights of complete mayhem - but thankfully, you can write it off! Please come out and join us! It'll be so much fun!

Delayed - but Smith's Olde Blogette's March Picks

So we're (and by "we" I mean "me") late getting to this - but better late than ever, right? Right?!

So March is a good month, filled with basketball, green beer, and SPRING!! Who can argue with that?

ps - did you know that Albert Einstein's birthday is on Pi Day (3/14)?!

Back on topic... here we go:

Tuesday 3/17/09 - FREE!!

CHRISTOPHER ALAN YATES & FRIENDS
with Special Guests: Brian Bisky, Gareth Asher, Eric Frampton, Herb Jones, Dwight Raby, Walter Hinton, Jeff Beach, Tony Caporale, Amy Gerhartz, Michael Tolcher, & Brian Wiltsey!
Special Midnight Performance By: Brandon Perry Band

Don't forget to wear your green, or beware of pinchers.

Christopher Alan Yates

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Friday 3/20/09 & Saturday 3/21/09 - $12 adv.
BOOMBOX
Dillon V Maurer (Friday) & DJ Sky (Saturday)

So these guys are an awesome blend of Rock, Disco, and Psychodelic. They hail from Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Check out their track "Stereo" & "Mr. Boogie Man" and DO NOT miss this show.

Boombox

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Monday 3/23/09 - $20 adv.
GLENN TILBROOK & THE FLUFFERS
(Former lead singer of Squeeze)
The Spring Standards

So Squeeze launched Glenn Tilbrook into musical mayhem, and toured for 20+ years solo, but has now joined forces with The Fluffers to take over the world (or at least give a f-in' awesome show)! They have a new album, and what better place to showcase their new tunes then at Smith's??

Glenn Tilbrook & The Fluffers

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Tuesday 3/24/09 - $15 adv. **2 for 1**
THE GOURDS STIMULUS PACKAGE
*2 patrons get in for the price of 1*
Jeff Hix & The Heretics

So the economy stinks, and Smith's is doing it's part to help YOU save money AND see an incredible show! The Gourds have been playing for over a decade, and now they're teaming up with S.O.B. and Jeff Hix to make this their best show EVER!!!

The Gourds

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Thursday 3/26/09 - $17.50 adv.

TAB BENOIT
Olde Dog

So you say you like cajun music? What about New Orleans? Well Tab Benoit is both, a cajun musician AND from New Orleans! So bring some crawfish and some beads, it'll be just like Mardi Gras, without the Daquiris, and... well... without the French Quarter.

Tab Benoit


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Saturday 3/28/09 - $10 adv.

BLOODKIN /
TURTLE FOLK

Both Georgian bands (Athens and Savannah respectively) are here to bring a little bluesy rock! You might have seen Bloodkin in a recent Rolling Stone issue, and you've probably heard their songs (they have written songs for Widespread Panic, along with many others). Turtle Folk has shared the stage with The Black Crowes, Drivin' N' Cryin', Spin Doctors, and many more, but tonight - they're here with Bloodkin to shake your core.

Bloodkin

Turtle Folk

- Smith's Olde Blogette!

NATHAN ANGELO, PJ MORTON, JIMI CRAVITIY and STEVE MEANS

FRIDAY, MARCH 6 – NATHAN ANGELO, PJ MORTON, JIMI CRAVITIY and STEVE MEANS



The Atlanta-based soul-singing pianist NATHAN ANGELO has been making his hometown proud for years. Currently on tour across the US, Nathan returns to Smith's Olde Bar for a night of jams that will keep the crowd singing, swaying and falling in love.

Songwriter, producer and musical prodigy are all acceptable titles on PJ MORTON'S business card. The Grammy-award winner has worked with an array of musicians including India Arie, Jermaine Dupree and Musiq Soulchild. Influenced at a young age by The Beatles and James Taylor, PJ describes his own music as somewhere between Stevie Wonder and Sting – and we like the sound of that!

Fresh Atlanta local singer-songwriter JIMI CRAVITY kicks his set off with a sweet batch of musical storytelling tunes.

Nashville's STEVE MEANS starts the night with a heavy dose of smooth-like-butter songs. This is the perfect night for impressing that special someone that might still be bitter about the not-so-special V-Day gift!

DOORS at 8PM - $10 in ADV - $12 at DOOR - www.myspace.com/nathanangelo // www.myspace.com/pjmorton // www.myspace.com/jimicravity // www.myspace.com/stevemeans

Delta Moon - Live at Smith's Olde Bar with Kevin Kinney, Oliver Wood, Jeff Mosier and Col. Bruce Hampton

Every Wednesday starting Wednesday, February 25 - until Wednesday, March 18 - Delta Moon will perform at Smith's Olde Bar with a legendary list of special guests!

Drivin' n' Cryin' frontman Kevin Kinney; Wood Brothers' Oliver Wood; Blueground Undergrass/ Mosier Brothers' own Jeff Mosier; and living legend, the one and only, Col. Bruce Hampton!



Delta Moon online at - www.myspace.com/deltamoonrocks // www.deltamoon.com

SHOW INFO:

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25
DELTA MOON'S SIDE PORCH with special guest KEVIN KINNEY
doors at 7PM - $8 in advance - $10 at door
www.myspace.com/kevnkinney

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4
DELTA MOON'S SIDE PORCH with special guest OLIVER WOOD
doors at 7PM - $8 in advance - $10 at door
www.myspace.com/thewoodbrothers

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11
DELTA MOON'S SIDE PORCH with special guest JEFF MOSIER
doors at 7PM - $8 in advance - $10 at door
www.myspace.com/themosierbrothers

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18
DELTA MOON’S SIDE PORCH with special guest – COL. BRUCE HAMPTON
doors at 8PM - $8 in advance - $10 at door
www.myspace.com/colbrucehamptonret

ALL CONCERT TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED at
Smith's Olde Bar, ONLINE at SmithsOldeBar.com and TicketAlternative.com
as well as DECATUR CD and CD WAREHOUSE

Marah - Tuesday, Februay 24

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24 – MARAH



Boom, Shake, Rattle n’ Roll. MARAH’S high energy / live performance will have you doing a jig ALL NIGHT LONG! The Yep Roc Records band that made a HUGE splash with the release of their 2005 If You Didn’t Laugh, You’d Cry, is taking their powerful show across the US. Together with their 2008 release Angels of Destruction, it’s guaranteed MARAH will become your new favorite band!

DOORS at 8PM - $12 in ADV - $15 at DOOR - www.myspace.com/marahusa

SHOW OF THE MONTH - The Parlor Mob at Smith's Olde Bar - Tuesday, February 17

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17 – THE PARLOR MOB, LESLIE and THE NOTION

THE PARLOR MOB proves that great Southern Rock bands don't always have to come out of the South. Straight from of the Jersey shore, Roadrunner Records' THE PARLOR MOB started a "back to basics rock revolution," and have quickly recruited music hungry fans everywhere. The 60's and 70's classic throwbacks, raw guitar and high-energy live shows will have you mesmerized front and center screaming out loud every word to every song! Charleston, SC band LESLIE and Valdosta, GA band THE NOTION to open.



DOORS at 8PM - $10 in ADV - $12 at the DOOR - www.myspace.com/theparlormob // www.myspace.com/leslierock // www.myspace.com/thenotionrocks